How to record purchase taxes other than GST and PST

Summary

How to record purchase taxes other than GST, HST, PST, or QST in Sage Accounting.

Resolution

Sage Accounting doesn’t support purchase taxes other than GST, HST, PST, or QST.

Use a workaround to record these additional taxes as separate line items.

Workaround

Follow these steps to record unsupported purchase taxes.

  1. Enter the purchase expense using the correct expense account and GST or GST and PST as the tax rate.
  2. Add another line item for each unsupported tax.
  3. Select a ledger account used to track tax expenses.
  4. Enter the tax type in the Description field and select No Tax as the tax rate.
  5. Repeat these steps for each additional tax you need to record.

CAUTION:

Complete related tax returns manually to recover these taxes.
Use this workaround only to record purchase transactions.

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210203222858633
Last Modified Date
Fri May 01 17:29:05 UTC 2026
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